Browsers are highly complex pieces of software, relied upon as critical infrastructure by ca. 5 billion people. They cost an estimated 2 billion $ per year to maintain. The resources to sustain them stem from a well-established system of search defaults and revenue sharing that is currently entirely managed by private corporations. This system is known to distribute several tens of billions USD a year- meaning that most of the money extracted from the web for its upkeep does not go towards paying for web infrastructure. The system also causes significant social damage, notably by enforcing a search monopoly. The research project proposes and investigates an alternative model that uses minimal regulation to put the collection and distribution of this transnational tax under open, democratic control.